Andrea Panella "The Story" Vintage Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas tall pottery craft vase I found it at an

I found it at an estate sale of a man who served in Japan during WWII and brought a lot back with him

I love the simplicity of this hand-carved wooden letter opener--nothing fancy about it

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page 497-8 has of the index has come loose from the binding

which is attached by brass screws at center

Andrea Panella "The Story" Vintage Oil and Wax Painting on Canvas tall pottery craft vase I found it at anI'm quite taken with this small painting, which I can't stop looking at, and which has a fantastic presence and gravitas that I think far exceeds its small size, though its scale is exactly right. I see a green snake with bared teeth and fantastically long tongue, which winds through and around the rest of the forms, literally tying them together. I'd guess the painting titled "The Story" portrays Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, with red tree at